Right now, Christmas colors are on sale, including pine green and burgundy red, so please keep this in mind as I relate to you how to make a pair of curtains for less than $10. Oblong tablecloths in Christmas colors are selling really cheaply right now $2.50 a piece for a solid green cloth oblong tablecloth, for instance.
Buy a couple of table cloths, turn the short ends up, and sew an encasing for a curtain rod, and voila, you have a curtain for one window that is elegant and lasting. At that price, you could buy enough to make matching curtains for the whole room.
By Amy from IN
I hate spending too much money on curtains. So, I'm going to buy 4 cloth tablecloths 84 inches in length each and straight-sew to make a pocket rod hole.
I purchase at least two matching table cloths (oblong) on clearance to make curtains, the larger the better.